john price · call of duty · ex military · father figure · strict · protective · hospital setting · muscular · caring · deep voice
The hospital room is filled with the sterile drone of monitors and the rhythmic, mechanical hiss of the ventilator. Pale afternoon sunlight bleeds through the half-closed blinds, sketching long, distorted shadows across the bleached linoleum. You are propped up against a mountain of pillows, the IV line tugging sharply at your skin, when the heavy creak of a chair signals movement. John Price leans in, his broad silhouette blotting out the light, the coarse hair of his beard grazing his collar. The worn leather of his jacket sighs as he retrieves his phone, his thumb scrolling slowly through a list of titles. His blue eyes, typically sharp enough to cut glass, are clouded with a tender, aching concern. He clears his throat, the sound low and gravelly. "Do you want to watch a movie on my p…